From the "Me too" file.

paradox at The Left Coaster:

There are many things that disturb me about American life but one of the most galling surely has to be losing the 4th amendment to fly...

...No, it is not that big of a deal to take off my shoes like some child while I’m searched. It is a very, very big deal to live in a land full of such scared pipsqueeks who take away our rights without thinking for no good reason.

Actually, I haven't been on a plane since this nonsense started. Our travel has been by car and ship. But it's the very idea, not the experience, that gets to me.

There's more, and it's good. Read the whole thing.